Tool carrier



June 5, 1934.

T. PETERSEN TOOL CARRIER Filed Au 29, 1929 y W'ZI ATTORNEYS.

LJ IN VEN TOR.

Patented June 5, 1934 UNITED STATES TOOL CARRIER Thorvald Petersen,Erie, Pa., assignor to Reed Manufacturing Company Erie, Pm, a COIPOIEL.

tion of Pennsylvania Application August 29,

I 2 Claims.

With certain tools, such as die stocks having various sizes of dieheads, it is desirable to provide a tool which will carry the diiferentsizes of heads and also form a mounting for the stock itself. With thepresent invention the placing of the die. stock in place on the carrierlocks the die heads mounted on the carrier in place. With differentsizes of heads there are somewhat different lengths and it is desirableto leave one of these die heads in the die stock. This makes variationsin the relation between the stock and the carrier. In the presentinvention a securing device is pro vided which accommodates thesevariations. Features and. details of the invention will appear from thespecification and claims.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawing as follows:-

Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of the carrier, partly in section.

Fig. 2 an enlarged end view of the carrier.

Fig. 3 a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 a side elevation of one end of the carrier with the securingmeans moved toward detached position.

1 marks the carrier base. This is preferably formed of sheet metal ofchannel shape. The upper web of this base is provided with a series ofopenings 2 forming mountings for the different die heads 3, the dieheads being ordinarily somewhat larger than the shanks 4 formingshoulders 5. The shanks are placed in the openings 2 and are housed inthe channel-shaped base and the shoulders form a seat for the head.

An annular socket 6 is arranged in the top plate of the base adjacent toone end and this socket receives screws '7 with which the die is securedin the die head. These screw heads lock the die stock against accidentalremoval by engagement with the walls of the socket. The head is mountedin a die stock 8, this stock having the usual operating handle 9. Theend of the operating handle is put through an open- 1929, Serial No.389,284 (01. 206-16) ing 10 in an upward projection 11 at the end of thebase, this handle extending over the base locks the several die heads inthe sockets 2.

A bail 12 is pivotally mounted on a pin 13. The pin 13 extends throughperforations 14 in the bail and verti al slots 15 in the side walls ofthe base. A spring 16 exerts pressure on the pin, the upper end of thespring being mounted in a socket 17 formed by the inner walls of theannular socket 6.

This spring permits the pin 13 to move upwardly in the slot so that thebail may be readily swung over the end of the stock to accommodateitself to variations in the size of the head. The spring also exertssufficient pressure so that the die stock is securely held on thecarrier. The upper end of the bail is slightly bent upwardly at 18 sothat the fingers of an operator may be readily inserted for lifting andswinging the tool off the stock. This also. gives clearance in swingingthe bail. Ordinarily there is a space 19 left between the heads 3 at thecenter of the carrier so that the handle of the stock forms the handlefor the carrier with the parts in place.

What I claim as new is:-- i

1. In a tool carrier, the combination of a carrier base; a bailpivotally mounted on the base and adapted to swing over and secure atool on the base; and a yielding pivotal connection between the base andthe bail comprising a pin extending through the bail and base, and aspring operating on the pin-yieldingly drawing the bail toward the base.

2. In a tool carrier, the combination of a carrier base of channelshape; a perforated raised support at one end of the base; a bail at theopposite end of the base adapted to swing over and secure a tool on thebase; and a pivotal connection between the bail and base comprising apin extending through the bail and the sides of the base, and a springoperating on the pin drawing the bail toward the base.

THORVALD PETERSEN,

